URL Shortener

Simple and minimalism URL Shortener

Made out of

• Golang for backend
• XORM as ORM
• Echo as HTTP Framework
• go-playground/validator as Validator
• Cobra as cli and configuration manager
• TS for frontend
• Vue3 as Frontend framework
• Ant Design Vue as UI Components
• ...

Screenshots

Running project

just run project with --help to see options and their env equivalent

Configuration params

• FLAG: --add-referer-query-param
  ENV: USH_ADD_REFERER_QUERY_PARAM
  Default: true
  Description: Add referer query param to redirect url or not

• FLAG: --database-connection-string
  ENV: USH_DATABASE_CONNECTION_STRING
  Default: "./database.sqlite3"
  Description: Connection string of database, use postgres://127.0.0.1:5432/url_shortener for postgres and root:@tcp(127.0.0.1:3306)/url_shortener?charset=utf8 for mysql

• FLAG: --database-engine
  ENV: USH_DATABASE_ENGINE
  Default: "sqlite"
  Description: The engine of database, use pgx for postgres, mysql for mysql and sqlite for sqlite

• FLAG: --database-max-connection-lifetime
  ENV: USH_DATABASE_MAX_CONNECTION_LIFETIME
  Default: "5m0s"
  Description: Maximum lifetime for database connections in second used by connection pool

• FLAG: --database-max-idle-connections
  ENV: USH_DATABASE_MAX_IDLE_CONNECTIONS
  Default: 4
  Description: Number of maximum idle connections to database used by connection pool

• FLAG: --database-max-open-connections
  ENV: USH_DATABASE_MAX_OPEN_CONNECTIONS
  Default: 10
  Description: Number of maximum open connections to database used by connection pool

• FLAG: --jwt-secret
  ENV: USH_JWT_SECRET
  Default: "superdupersecret"
  Description: jwt secret to sign tokens with, strongly recommended to change

• FLAG: --listen-address/-l
  ENV: USH_LISTEN_ADDRESS
  Default: "127.0.0.1:8080"
  Description: Host:Port to listen

• FLAG: --migrate/-m
  ENV: USH_MIGRATE
  Default: true
  Description: To run migrations or not

• FLAG: --random-generator-max
  ENV: USH_RANDOM_GENERATOR_MAX
  Default: 10000
  Description: Generator will use this to generate shortcodes (higher value = bigger shortcodes), at least 10000 should be set

• FLAG: --root-redirect/-r
  ENV: USH_ROOT_REDIRECT
  Default: "/ui/"
  Description: Path/URL to redirect when someone comes to root url

• FLAG: --run-server/-s
  ENV: USH_RUN_SERVER
  Default: true
  Description: To run webserver or not

• FLAG: --base-uri
  ENV: USH_BASE_URI
  Default: "/"
  Description: Base URI of project

Running Locally (for development)

Unix Users Only use run script, it will install dependencies, format the code and run the project

Docker (for production)

Available as ghcr.io/mhkarimi1383/url-shortener:main

sample docker-compose in available as docker-compose.yaml

simply run that with the options/envs as you want

TODO

• Add more deploy/build options
• API Documentation (swaggo is buggy and generating errors with some datatypes)
• Vue3 Frontend
• Webhook Support
• Basic Visit stat repoting